Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2015

Investigation of Antioxidant Properties of Cardanthera difformis Druce Whole Plant Extract

Somnath De, Dulal Chandra Das, Tanusri Mandal

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 The current study was to investigate the thin layer chromatographic separation of flavonoid components, antioxidant activity and total flavonoid compound of Cardanthera difformis Druce whole plant extract. Detection of antioxidant activity and flavonoid coumpounds were done through thin layer chromatography. Total antioxidant activity was measured by 2, 2–diphenyl–1–picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) in colorimetric method. Aluminum chloride colorimetric method was used for total flavonoid determination. This methanolic extract showed a promising antioxidant DPPH ridicules decreased in DPPH free radical scavenging assay. Flavonoids components having antioxidant property present in the methanol extract at a level of 178 mg quercetin equivalent/g of dried methanol extract in colorimetric method. The C.difformis whole plant extract revealed the presence of bio–active constituents which are known to exhibit medicinal as well as physiological activity. The present study experimentally proved the justification of traditional use of C.difformis for the treatment of various diseases and reported for the first time in the world to focus the antioxidant activity of whole plant extract of C.difformis and may lead to the development of a new generation of drugs having both chemotherapeutic and chemopreventive properties in future.

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Somnath De, Dulal Chandra Das, Tanusri Mandal Investigation of Antioxidant Properties of Cardanthera Difformis Druce Whole Plant Extract Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 7 June 2015

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